The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLLIMEIVI: HOUSE OF COIIIIIIO.NS. SATURDAY, MAY 26. Mr. BERNARD gave notice that he should on Mon day next, move for leave to bring it.] a Bill to regu late the Office of Public 1:1-.asurers in Ireland. The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be columned on Monday. • On the motion for the House to resolve itself into a Committee on the Flax, Seed Bill, Mr. CA LCRAFT availed himbelf of the opportunity to state, that it was unusual for the House to meet on Saturday without a previous public notice of such an intention, except in cases of the greatest import ance ; but even in those cases it had been the gene ral pratt ice to apprise gentlemen on the Friday that the House would do business on the succeeding Sa turdays He had been in the House the whole of yesterday (Fliday) ; he had staid as late as any Member, and he had no idea that the House w , ttld sit on that day, nor should he have known it but by accident. The CHANCELLOR of the EKCHEQUER was not aware of the extent of publicity which the Hon. Gentleman required. When the orders were yes terday made, it was distinCtly stated that they were for the fotlowing day ; of this he was sure, that had any person anticipated the slightest objection to any hn , Aness, public or private, it would have been im mediately understood that business would nut come on to-day. • If, therefore, the Hun. Gentleman had an objection, or if he knew any friend who had, to any part of the business, as far as he (the Chancel lor of (he Exchequer) was concerned, that business should not stir a single step before Monday. So far from its being unusual for Parliament to sit on Sa turday, at the close of the Session, it was much more usual than otherwise. After some further conversation between several Members of the House, the . Flax Seed Bill went through the Committee, the repurt of which was ordered to be received ons Monday. The Holyhead Harbour Bill, the Machinery Ex portation Bill, the Judge Advocate's Franki;lg Bill, the Malt Regulation Bill, and the British Fishery Bill went through Committees, the reports of which were ordered to be received on Monday. • After some other routine business, the House ad j.urned to Morr.!ay._ MAILS. Aa.kivEß • t Dublin, i Waterford. Dui -4 Gottenhursh, z Lisbon, I Cadiz, I Dublin, I Waterford. I'ItICE OF STOCKS . THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - - ; Omnium - ,rr U N. SOLEM QUIS DICdRE rALsum AUDEAT ? L U N I) 0 IV, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1810. Vv - e this morning received French and Dutch Papers, - the former to the loth, and the latter to the 2,5'h inst. They contain 'au account of the complete defeat of the Spanish Army under General O'DotcNELL, by the Freoch General SUCH gr. It appears front the French account that the former, with a considerable body of forces, .endeavoured to rase the siege of Lerida, but he was defeated with very considerable loss : the prisoners alone are stated to amount to above 5100 men. It is added, that . the Spaniards behaved shamefully ill on this occasion, and. fled before - the French infantry had an . op portunity of firing a single musket. Such is the French account of this affair, but we are, . • we think, amply justified in not giving it implicit credit. From the commencement of the 'war in Spain, the French have invariably describ ed the Spaniards as utterly destitute either of skill or courage—as men who never would stand against the French troops, but who always fled on the first discharge in confusion" and consternation. Such has been the charaaer which the French have invariably given of the Spaniards. But how, then, does it happen that these unskilful cowardly Spani ards have waged war now for near two years, and with a considerable degree of success, too, against the best Generals and troops of France ? How does it happen that these cowardly and unskilful Spani ards have made a more protratied resistance against the wench than, the brave and disciplined legions of Austria and Prussia. These are qUestions that naturally Gceur to the people of the Continent when they read almost every week of some brilliant vic tory obtained by the French, and yet find that the Spaniards are nit conquered. BUpIsIAPARTE de cla'red that before Christmas 1808, he was not to leave a village in the hands of the Insurgents ; and yet, after two years of uninterrupted success, according to his own accounts, we find them in possession of several provinces. These papers also contain JtNoT's official ac count of his success at Astorga. • The Moniteur of the 19th contains a decree pub lished by BUONAPARTE, declaring that the Islands of Walcheren, North and South Beveland, Schawen, and Tholen, shall form a Department, to be called " the Department of the Mouths of the Scheldt." ye s terday morning, his MAJESTY, and Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lady COLLYER, Mrs. SNEYD, Generals MANNERS and GwYNNE, and Major PRICE, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard a Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. HAI ! LANI, from 2d chapter of St. James, and (25th verse. The Royal Party afterwards returned to the Palace. FRENCH AND DUICiI PAPERS. PARIS, May iB. Letter from Count SUCHET, Commander in Chief of the Third Corps of the Army in Spain, to his Highness the Prince of NELIFCHAEFL. " MY PRINCE—The army of Catalonia having taken the position of Gerona, I could not but fore see that the Spanish General OTIoNNEL, who com mands there, would not remain an idle spectator of the siege of Lerida. I made my dispositions ac cordingly. "On the 23d, at two in the afternoon, the Spanish army, consisting of from 12 to 15,000 men, pre sented itself before the bridge, of Merida—General HAUSHE, w•ho was at the advanced post, caused the enemy's advanced guard to be attacked by the 4th Regt. of Hussars, Colonel BURTIIR conduCted the charge with so much intrepedity, that in an instant the enemy was overthrown, and the greatest part obliged to lay down their arms. The garrison then endeavoured to debouch by the bridge-head.—Col. ROBERT, whore I had directed to observe it, made it repent of its audacity, and forced the city to content itself with being a spedator of the combat. " The enemy's corps, witnessing the defeat of its advanced guard, hastened its march to support it, and presented a tolerably fine line of infantry. The Generalof Division, MusNEtn, marched against it, but General BOUSSAIT wished likewise to have . his part in the glory of this day. He advanced with the 13th Cuirassiers in the rear of the enemy, and the moment the cannon of the French lind be gan to fire, the Spanish infantry gave way. The cavalry endeavoured to support it, but was imme dialely overthrown, infantry, cavalry, artillery, all . fled in disorder. All who were not killed fell into our power, or sought safety in flight. The 4th Hussars, availing itself of the facilitywith which that species of cavalry can execute a rapid movement, took part in the success _of the 13th Cuirassiers. General BOUSSAIT pursued the enemy five leagues. Our infantry did not fire a musket. The enemy left the field of battle covered with his best troops. We took 5617 prisoners, among whom was Major-General DUPUY, who had been wounded, eight Colonels, and 271 Officers. We, besides, took three pieces of artillery, two cais sons, three standards, and six or seven thousand muskets, 1000 sabres, and IllOrc than 4 or 500 car touch-boxes. Our whale loss amounted only to 23 killej, 82 wounded, and Go horses killed. The young HOUDETOT who had been one of the pages, and who, at the age of 18, had already ob tained the decoration of the Legion of Honour, was wounded with a bayonet, of which wound he died the next day. " The letter concludes with commendations of the brave conduLt of certain officers. Letter from the Duke of Aim A. HT es, Commander of the Bth Corps of the Army of Spain, to his Highness the Prince of NEUFCHATEL. ASTORGA, APRIL 22. " MONSEIGNEURS, " As I have had the honour of writing to your Highness, the greoadiers, after having performed prodigies of valour itt mounting, the breach of As torga, have given new proofs of courage in main taining it. These brave men made a lodgment in two neighbouring houses, under a shower of balls, which met in a space of about 1 0 toises in length by at most 2 in breadth. " Whiht this small number contended with such superior force, my whole solicitude was directed to the means of opening a communication between the demi place and this breach, in order to support the troops there ; but this space of about forty toises was so defended, and so many balls crossed each other i n it, that it appeared almost impossible to suc ceed. However, 1000' workmen of the Ist divi sion, commanded by the Chief of Battalion BRA GUERAS, having 2L their head about a dozen sappers, and encouraged by the Commander of Artillery VALEZE, an by the Captain of Artillery GENET, Chief of the Staff of Artillery, suceeded in esta blishing this communication. "The Commandant VALEZE received two balls, but his wounds are not dangerous, and a few days will be staKient to restore him to the service. In fine, Monseigneur, at six ,in the morning, the communication was established, and the enemy lost all hope of driving us from the breach, and conse quently preventing ,us from making a progress in the city. " About to in the morning the Commandant of Astorga sent to me a Lieutenant-Colonel to offer a capitulation. I dictated on the spot the conditions I Meant to prescribe, and sent back the flag of truce into the place. An hour afterwards the Command ant came and surrendered his sword. "At three o'clock in the evening, 3,500 fine troops, well armed with English muskets, com- pletely clonlied with English cloaths, laid down their arms, were condu&ed in two columns to Be naza, from whence they will march for France. — They left 500 wounded in the hospital. The num ber of their killed must be considerable, according their own accounts. I have found in As'orga 20 pieces of cannon and two mortars. The Duke of ABRANTES, after paying the highest compliments to the troops employed on this occa sion, thus continues :—" The taking of this place has cost the Bth corps, since the commencement of the siege, above 160 men killed, and 400 wounded, as well before the place, as in the different rencon tres we have had with the enemy in its vicinity. We have killed more than 1500 of the enemy, and made about 5090 prisoners. " At three o'clock this morning while we were in the breach, an enemy's column, consisting of 2000 infantry and 200 horses, coming from Puebla de Senabiea, commanded by a Colonel, attacked General BESSIERES at Penilla. This Gene ral immediately sent two light companies, a com pany of the 46th regiment, with the 6th provision ary regiment of dragoons, to maintain that post. These were sufficient to route the enemy. Colonel PAINTEVILLE, with the 6th provisionary regiment of dragoons, pursued them as tar as Quintanell, and then made the dragoons dismount, and pursbe the enemy further into the mountains. He took 91 prisoners and killed 30 men. The enemy left upon the field of battle at Penilla, 8I killed, of which, four were officers, 20 wounded, and above 2.00 muskets; they carried off with them many wounded, for their retreat was marked with traces of blood; the Colonel who commanded this troop, received a ball in the groin. A Lieutenant- Colonel was also wounded. After enumerating the Officers and men who distinguished themselves in this affair, the Duke present as follows : " The division of General CLARIZEL, chaSed the insurgents beyond Benbibre, took 20 0 ptisone.is, and killed a still greater number of them, whilst the General of Brigade Saint CROIX, with his cavalry and a battalion of infantry of the division of La Grange drove the enemy from Fuen cebaden, made about 50 prisoners and killed 100 men." The letter concludes by complimenting the Com missaries, Officers of Health, and the Medical De partment. COPENHAGEN, MAY s.—Yesterday at noon three of the enemy's ships of the line, two frigates, two cutters, another armed vessel, and a fleet of mer cliantrun of eighty sail, passed the Belt, with a north wind, and entered the Baltic wiihout drop ping anchor. The first division of the enett.y's vessels, consisting.of a ship of the line, two frigates, ' and a brig, had pie►iouly etletted the same passage. —(lllonzteur, Mcky 18.) CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 24.—Thc armaments hero continue. with the greatest activity, bat the scarcity of provisions is very great, and continually increasing. The greater prt of the Ja;;issaries have set out for the army of the Grad Viiier. A great • number are likewise expe..-ter.t towards the end of tile month from Egypt and Asia ; every thing an nounces a termination of the war. We are; boy: ever, assared, that the Charge des Atllitres for Den mark, the Baron de tiubsclT, bat received instruc tions to attempt a mediation between the two Bel ligerent Powers. It is at least c,frtain, that he has had a conference with the Ministers of the Porte, and that he has sent off . a courier to St. Petersburgh. Mr. ADAIR is still here, but his departure seems near. He assures his countrymen, for their conso )atioti, that tivy will he extremely well tteated by the Porte during his absence.—(Leyden Journal, May 22.) The ROYAL FAMILY are expeBed in town, on Wednesday, to remain tilt after the KING'S birth- His MAJESTY, will hold a Court at the QUEEN'S Palace on Wednesday. The Dukes of YORK and KENT arrived at Wind- sor on Saturday morning, and rode on horseback with his MAJESTY, and Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, till twelve o'clock, accompanied by Gene rals MANNERS, GARTH and FITZROY, COlOilel 'TAY LOR, &c. The ROYAL FAMILY visited the Princess AMELIA as usual. The Dukes of Yorm and KENT remained with their Royal Sister apwards of an hour. Do&ors BAILIE and POPE attended the Princess AMELIA on Saturday night, and yejterday , norning Dr. BAILIE returned to London ; her Royal High ness had a little natural rest, and is not worse ; the guard remains in St. Alban's-street, to prevent car riages from passing the house to make ,u,y noise ; the parish bells ar , , , even prevented from going for church service, and also for deaths and funerals. On Friday, the Princess AMELIA took more sus tenance than she had done for some time before; she appeared much better in Consequence ; she, . however, we are sorry to say. procured but little rest on Friday night, tA hich math- her very low, and nut so well on Saturday. Sir H. HALFORD arrived at Windsor on Friday night, and remained with her Royal Highness all night. The Archduke CHARLES has returned the follow ing Answer to NAPOLEON, 011 receiving from him the Great Eagle, and the Cross of the Legion of Honour : "Sir—Your Majesty's Ambassador delivered to me -the worthy insignia of the Legion of Honour, and the flattering letter with which you were pleaied to ho nour me. With - lively penetration at these marks of your Majesty's favour, I hasten to return to your Majesty the expression of my. gratitude, which can only be compared to the admiration witn which your great qualities inspire me. The esteem of a great man is the finest harvest on the field of honour, and I was always eager of deserving your Majesty's. I entreat you, Sire, graciously to accept the wi lies I form for your welfare, and to receive kindly the boundless esteem with wi•ich I have the honour to be, Sire, your Loperial Majesty's most, humble and most obedient servant and cousin,• (Correspondenten). " CHARLES, Field Marshal." POETRY. TO MISS HICKMAN?, PLAYING ON THE SPINET. BY THE LATE DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON e. Bright Stella, form'd for universal reign, Too well you know to keep the slaves you gain When in your eyes resistless lightnings play, Aw'd into love, our conquer'd hearts obey, .And yield, reluctant, to despotic sway. But when your music sooths the raging pain, We bid propitious Heav'n prolong your reign, We bless the Tyrant, and we hug the chain. When old Timotheus struck the vocal string, Ambitious fury fir'd the , Grecian King : Unbounded projects lab'ring in his mind, He pants for room, in one poor world confin'd. Thus wak'd to rage by Music's dreadful pow'r, He bids the sword deStroy, the flame devour. Had Stella's gentler touches mov'd the lyre, Soon had the Monarch felt a no'Jler fire : No more delighted with destructive war, Ambitious only now to phase the fair, Re:)ign'd his thirst of empire to her charms, And found a thousand worlds in Stella's arms. " Since we announced this Poem we hare been infortneir that though it is not to be found in the common edition of the Author's Poems, it has appeared before in print. We can as sure our readers, however, that we give it from the origdfia s in Dr. 10 FINS° WS own hand-writing. It is evide.iitly a it: venile production. The Lady to whom it is addressed W the mother of the late Dr. TURTON, and the present publi cation will at least serve to shew that this Lady was th e STELLA to whom m os t of /tis earlier poetical effusions w•c r. devoted. THE ARMY.—The followin4 is the scale of too' ney to be received in place of substitutes from 80 1 ' tilers whose discharges are, under peculiar circual" stances, sanctioned by ;lie Commander in Chief CAVALRY. Limited. Unlimited• Soldiers fi•-• Men and Lads '3o 9 o * 4 0 1 9 • 'lolly ap-' Boys of I st Class z 1 17 0 30 5 : proved Boys °f ad Class o o o 0 o - INFANTRY. Limited. Ualimited• Soldiers fi- Men and Lads ,C 37 5 o 47 IS 0 • nally ap. Boys of Ist Class z 6 t o 33 8 ° proved. Boys of ad Class ii 9 o 13 I I ° CAVALRY. Lrcited Recruitsnot Men and Lads k iz i 9 6 . U2'lllMc-(1. 19 it6 • 6 finally ap- Boys of Ist Class 7 17 6 15 . proved. Buys of zd•Class o 0 0 0 0 ° INFANTRY. Limited. Unlimited' Recruits not Men and Lads k _l6 13 6 27 3 ? finally ap- Boys of Ist Class to 1 8 6 1 8 5 9' proved. Boys of ad Class 71 8 o 10 0 ° Boys of the First Class are 5 feet 2 inches iri height, and receive pay as privates. Boys of the Second Class are under 5 feet 2 inches, and re'; crive pay at the rate o f lod. p er d ay . B uys o f all descriptions must be considered as men atter they have attained the age of 18 years. The scale i 5 calculated at the rate of twice the levy money W each recruit ; and in the i ns ta n , e of recruits, n o t finally approved, the reward to the officer and patty is added. Yesterday the fineness of the weather invite d every one. abroad. Hyde Park display e d it s wonted scene of gaiety and splendour about the: e All the fashionables in town were there, The erlii i A " pages were so ilumerms that many of them c0r 1 47 not gain access into the line, u n til th e y h a d 1,v41V- .14 for a considerable time. By the arrival of the Elizabeth from Bengal, tll Calcutta Monthly Journal has b,en received in to wn' for October last, in which we find (among man , others) the tollowing of intelltgence. " The large European and Native force; whi ch marched from Madras, under Lieut. Col. Cot4o o ' continued its route 'o the Nizam's capital. WG re ceived yesterday a L e tt er of the I f tit inst. froal df Officer serving with the detachment, d fret" " Camp on the march to Hvderabad." 'lee strength of the force, in horse and foot, amounted at on e time to nearly 10,000 men. After Lord MINT OO prof. :-Nation eiW been issued, however, all cite ' ons, and the treav and light artillery , toketae r ith his Majesty's 88th and agta, regime is of rn' ;awry, were ordered into garrison.!' " The Ftench great privateer Enteprenant e : continuer' to hover about Penang and the adj,,ceol settlements. She had burnt the Company's ketd i la7geTet, and had rendered herself formidable by other depre(ia; 011 S. " The .v frigate Penang had been launched'. and was e: be accompanied to Be .gal hy his N 4 3." 1 jesiy's ship Blanche. They wer e ex p eetc d to from Penang about the 15th 061ober." The laF.t advicA from India st ee., that the Coa t :Niel - eat for the trials of Lieutenaic-Colonels 1; 5 % 1 ; and DOVETON, and . N o" lajor STORE Y , ,Ae i s n' formed. The Court was to sit at Baug,lore. General WARDE was appointed President. Colonels MACLEOD and CLARGES, of the 69th fo° t ' Lieotenant-Colonel WEBBER, of • the. CeinpanY,! s2rviee, Lieutenant-Colo n el SKINNER, o f t h e 51" foot, Major '?'RAC, RS, of tie t 1 th Light Dragoon s, Lieutenant-Colonet BowNEss, of the 25th Nail° Infantry, arid Lieutenant-Colonel HEWET, had been appointed Members. Accounts have been received at Bombay, V la Dawk, from Inctore, dated Jan. 18, announcing 3 rupture betweett tiolkar and Scindea, under the fol . ' lowing eiloanise!nces bad for some tittle,. carried on a pre •':ory warfire agai n st the Illja:lot Jeypoor, to recov some arrear 01 tribute wine: , be alleged was due aim The Rajah, either unable or unwilling to compiV with his demands, applied to the British Government ter assieatice, but in vain. He next made application to Hon , .ar, whd: in consideration of some valuable piescets, mareheo a body of troops vath great secresy and expedition to his assistance . ; and, attacking the army o f Seto" dea in the night with their 'tinted torces, routed iC with great slaughter. The East India Company's bomb vessel the -Stria/16/o, foundered a , sea on the. 15th of lo t Oetober. Commande-, Lint. HALL, and silc' teen ~f her crew were saved by the boats of the •Morniallion, which hail her in tow; the remainder'. perished with the vessel.. Saturday a woman named Boyce, was ' exa mincl , at Union Hall, charged with having b e ater). fj e daughter, of eight year, age, so cruelly as to en danger her life. Tee child is now in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, and the woman was committed tit the fate of the infant isdeieriniued.